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I liked your phrasing of BMRCL as 'totally secretive organization'. You have nailed the truth:

"...The same 800 crores if they had raised for commter rail..would have served a bigger croud of people much sooner..unfortunately the cartel has rejected it and thats sounded the doom for this city!.."

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which operates the nation's showcase metro system, is in danger of going the Indian Railways way - into the red.

DMRC seems to be coming under the same pressures as the railways: any increase in fares faces immense political opposition. Running its operations at fares fixed in 2009, the corporation is struggling to meet increasing cost. It has for years been pushing for a fare hike, which it says is essential for continued safe operations ..

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which operates the nation's showcase metro system, is in danger of going the Indian Railways way - into the red.

DMRC seems to be coming under the same pressures as the railways: any increase in fares faces immense political opposition. Running its operations at fares fixed in 2009, the corporation is struggling to meet increasing cost. It has for years been pushing for a fare hike, which it says is essential for continued safe operations ..

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which operates the nation's showcase metro system, is in danger of going the Indian Railways way - into the red.

DMRC seems to be coming under the same pressures as the railways: any increase in fares faces immense political opposition. Running its operations at fares fixed in 2009, the corporation is struggling to meet increasing cost. It has for years been pushing for a fare hike, which it says is essential for continued safe operations ..

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which operates the nation's showcase metro system, is in danger of going the Indian Railways way - into the red.

DMRC seems to be coming under the same pressures as the railways: any increase in fares faces immense political opposition. Running its operations at fares fixed in 2009, the corporation is struggling to meet increasing cost. It has for years been pushing for a fare hike, which it says is essential for continued safe operations and maintenance.
The ministry of urban development (MoUD) - the nodal ministry to deal with Delhi Metro matters - has yet to constitute a new Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) that is mandated to revise the fares. Instead of the existing 15 fare slabs ranging from Rs 8 to Rs 30, the corporation has proposed five, ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 50, which if implemented, would bring it 38% more revenue. DMRC has repeatedly reminded the ministry to constitute the Fourth FFC to consider the proposal.
The proposed fares in the five-slab system are Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 30, Rs 40 and Rs 50. DMRC says the rounded figures will be of great help as there is a huge problem of coin availability and dispensing change to users. According to the corporation, it had taken up the coinshortage issue with the Reserve Bank of India at the highest level, but even the central bank said it could do little to improve the matters.
Starting from May 2012, the DMRC has been sending regular letters to the ministry reminding it about the urgent need to raise fares. ET has accessed the series of letters. The last one was written by DMRC chief Mangu Singh to MoUD Secretary Madhusudan Prasad on February 19, 2015, where he stated that the costs of all inputs - electricity, salary, wages and maintenance - required for operations and maintenance of metro rail had gone up considerably.

Electricity tariff has increased by more than 94% since fare was last fixed, the DMRC managing director wrote. He said since the DMRC structures are now 13 years old, they "need higher upkeep and maintenance". The delay in the constitution of the FFC, Singh added, is having an "adverse impact on the financial health of Delhi Metro".

A senior MoUD official confirmed DMRC's demand. "The matter should be resolved soon," the official told ET.

Government sources said E Sreedharan, the man behind the Delhi Metro, had tried his best to insulate the system from political interference and had even devised a formula for periodically increasing the fares.

3. Delhi METRO has operational profit ( Excluding depreciation ) and major revenue other then ticket is more then 50% of ticket revenue. Shows how Public Transports should earn revnue other then ticket fares.

4. Bangalore METRO innovative way of Financing by GOK thru burdening citizens on all fronts, appreciated by even MOUD

5. Number of Passengers usage in Indian METRO urban transport. Mumbai has well ahead compared to Bangalore

The Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has decided to come up with clear guidelines for the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC). It has set up a committee to decide the functioning and what factors would be considered while recommending fares.

Also, MoUD has sent a fresh list containing names of five retired judges for selection of chairman of Delhi Metro Fare Fixation Committee, after five earlier proposals were rejected by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

A fresh list has been sent to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) for obtaining the approval of ACC, sources in the Urban Development Ministry said.

After the rejection of earlier five panels, this time the Urban Development Ministry has sent the maximum names of five retired judges after procuring the list from the LawMinistry, the sources said.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had declined the last proposal with names of three retired judges in February 24 this year, with direction to bring a fresh list for selection of chairperson and two members of Fare Fixation Committee.

Names of an Additional Secretary of the Urban Development Ministry and the Principal Secretary (Finance/Vigilance) of Delhi Government have been suggested as the committee members.

The Ministry had sent the first panel with the name of one retired judge in December 18, 2012, which was declined in February 7, 2013. Another proposal was sent in March 21, 2013, and was rejected in April 26 that year. The third proposal was sent to DoPT in October 31, 2013 and rejected on December 11. The ACC rejected the fourth proposal on March 26, 2014.

Fares of Delhi Metro were last revised in 2009 when the minimum fare was raised from Rs 6 to Rs 8 and the maximum from Rs 22 to Rs 30.

Since then there has been a significant increase in input cost including 94 per cent rise in power tariff. In the past three years, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has made several requests to the Urban Development Ministry for constitution of FFC for raising fares.

Delhi Metro can revise its fares only on recommendation of the three-member Fare Fixation Committee constituted by the central government from time to time.

I am trying to find when the south line will open, that is going towards southend circle, etc. I am not getting proper answer. I am told that there is some issue reg Lalbagh. Can someone please throw some light on this?

Thx Naveen and Srinidhi. I spoke to Mr. Kharola last week at an event. He also reiterated the same, + or - one month of Nov.2016. Hope they stick to it. I am still puzzled abt Metro service starting from MG Rd location rather than other places like Peenya, Yeshawantpura, etc. where there would have more commuters using the rail. Anyway that’s past.

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